I’ve combed the Adobe Premiere Pro Community Forums and put together a list of solutions from user-reported crashes. You may be able to reduce a majority of your crashes just by optimizing your workflow and user settings. Check out the article Things to Check When Adobe Premiere Pro Is Lagging to discover the most common reasons for slow downs. In some cases, Premiere Pro may not be crashing, it’s just running unbearably slow. This isn’t a knock on Adobe, it’s difficult for any company to prevent crashes and bugs on software with the depth Premiere Pro has. Also, always expect the newest version of Premiere Pro to have bugs. If you’re trying to edit a feature-length project in 4K on a sub-par laptop, you’re setting yourself up for problems. To be fair to Adobe, we also need to be realistic when it comes to editing expectations. Longer answer: Still most likely bugs, but some other causes could be outdated OS drivers, outdated GPU drivers, or that your computer no longer meets the system requirements for the latest Premiere Pro build. We’ll look at what causes some of the most common crashes and what you can do to try and solve them. In this article, we’re going to explore crashes and slow downs with Premiere Pro. Learn about the most common causes for crashes and slow downs in Premiere Pro, and see the ways to stop it from doing so.
